So sad to leave Mallorca

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

After we woke up this morning and got our things mostly packed and had breakfast we decided we would pay the additional fee to keep our hotel room until 4:00 in the afternoon so that we could come back to the hotel for lunch and could clean up before heading to the airport. We left for the beach shortly after 10:00 in the morning. The sun felt a little hotter today, perhaps because there was a little less of a breeze, but I spent a fair bit more time in the water. We decided to head back to the hotel for an earlier lunch around 12:30 or so, this way we would have at least an hour or so back at the beach after lunch. We made it back to the hotel after our afternoon at the beach a little before 3:00. We took turns cleaning up and finished packing up and left the hotel right around 4:00. Again we underestimated the travel time from the hotel to the airport and arrived at the airport only an hour or so before our flight again. But again, we had no problems, that is until our flight was delayed 30 minutes or so and we had to sit on the plane at the gate. We weren't that surprised however, the amount of planes at the airport in Mallorca is astonishing. Mallorca is obviously THE beach destination of Europe, in fact it was hard to find a Spaniard, most store owners, waiters, etc. were English. When we finally departed Mallorca it was again just a short 30 minute flight to Valencia. Upon our arrival in Valencia I was able to get directions from a lady at the airport on what metro station to get off at for our hotel. Unfortunately the metro station was much further than we thought from our hotel and we weren't entirely sure in what direction from the metro it was, luckily we guessed correctly and arrived at the hotel safely. After dropping our bags at the hotel we set back out to find something to eat. We found a Lebanese restaurant not far from the hotel and enjoyed a couple of drinks and some sandwiches before heading back to the hotel.